3/27/2018 0 Comments Going against the old rulesSo, we're entering week five of low-carb, (mostly) whole food eating. I've been avoiding the scale, in part because even though the calories are in range for me to lose and I'm definitely shedding ketones, I'm still in that stage of disbelief that I can eat fat and not blow up like a blimp. In the mirror, though, and by measuring my wrist width, I know there's something happening.
So I weighed. I'm down three pounds from when I last weighed in two weeks ago. That's pretty amazing to me, as my calorie deficits have been on the modest side, but I also know that FitBit over-estimates my calorie burn and Cronometer underestimates, so I guess I've hit that sweet spot in the middle. Years ago, I tried Sugar Busters. I didn't really lose any on that plan back then, quite possibly because I wasn't doing it right. This time around, I have Cronometer and I'm tracking food intake, watching my macros, and I'm adding a magnesium/potassium supplement and a spirulina supplement to my daily intake. I'm also following a couple of FB groups and I'm learning a lot about how there are just as many junk-food keto folks as there are junk food vegans. And that keto vegans are eating a lot of processed stuff. If the macros are the same--in other words if the goal is to have low carbs, hit a minimum and moderate protein goal, and to eat healthy fats (including a proportion of saturated fat)--it seems to me the only real reason to be a vegan is ideological. While I still worry about farming practices and the impact on the environment associated with dietary intake of animals, I also am aware of how the agricultural processes and harvesting processes of some of the vegan staples and of the meat analogues also have negative impacts--sometimes directly on animal populations. So, there really isn't a perfect answer here. What I do know is that for possibly the first time, I don't really feel like my eating is disordered. I don't have highs and lows during the day where I want to eat everything I can get my hands on. I feel pretty steady all the way around, which is nice. And, I'm eating plenty of leafy greens and enjoying fresh berries as dessert. I thought that I'd really miss the large amount of fruit I ate before, but it's not really been an issue. I keep hearing that this way of eating is "not sustainable." While I do fully plan on sharing a Lost Spudnut at dinner on Friday at the Griffin (they take a spudnut, plop a scoop of ice cream on it, and then add chocolate sauce), that's a splurge. I'm not fantasizing about eating the way I used to, and I adjusted to eating meat again fairly easily. Last weekend, we did a 16:8 intermittent fast cycle (really Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday). Dani was on call, so not having anything other than coffee made sense and we just made sure to reach our macros and calorie threshold in the other two meals. To me, this is sustainable. I have a bag of potatoes if anyone wants it. We also have Girl Scout cookies that are unopened. I'm sure they'll get eaten at some point, but for now, I'll take raspberries or blackberries with coconut whipped cream (Gay Lea brand is awesome). Also, if you want to learn more about how sugar has been given a free pass, check out The Case Against Sugar by Taubes.
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